https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/us/politics/trump-mueller-special-counsel-russia.html
President Trump ordered the firing last June of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation, according to four people told of the matter, but ultimately backed down after the White House counsel threatened to resign rather than carry out the directive.
The West Wing confrontation marks the first time Mr. Trump is known to have tried to fire the special counsel. Mr. Mueller learned about the episode in recent months as his investigators interviewed current and former senior White House officials in his inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice.
Amid the first wave of news media reports that Mr. Mueller was examining a possible obstruction case, the president began to argue that Mr. Mueller had three conflicts of interest that disqualified him from overseeing the investigation, two of the people said.
First, he claimed that a dispute years ago over fees at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., had prompted Mr. Mueller, the F.B.I. director at the time, to resign his membership. The president also said Mr. Mueller could not be impartial because he had most recently worked for the law firm that previously represented the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Finally, the president said, Mr. Mueller had been interviewed to return as the F.B.I. director the day before he was appointed special counsel in May.
Oh that wacky wayback machine:
http://therightscoop.com/nobody-at-the-white-house-is-talking-about-firing-mueller-marc-short/
So when they said “You crazy conspiracy-minded liberals, nobody’s even thinking of firing Mueller”, they just left off some words at the end. “…anymore.” would work well to make it not a lie anymore, but “…this week.” would probably make it actually truthful.
Oh, and this whole article now rings pretty much false as crap:
http://www.businessinsider.com/mcconnell-congress-mueller-trump-russia-2017-11
Graham, who co-sponsored one of the bills aimed at protecting Mueller’s independence, said after the indictments that he did not “feel an urgent need to pass that law until you show me a reason Mr. Mueller is in jeopardy.”
Wonder if they’ll reconsider that determination now. No, I didn’t think so either. After all, they talked him down once. What are the chances Trump will try to do a crazy self-incriminating thing against the advise of his staff more than once? Oh.